ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Fort Bend County -- Table 3

2001 American Community Survey Profile Fort Bend County

TABLE 3. PROFILE OF SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	269,720	268,054	271,387
In labor force	187,972	181,511	194,433
Civilian labor force	187,836	181,394	194,278
Employed	178,261	171,943	184,579
Unemployed	9,575	7,395	11,755
Percent unemployed	5.1	3.9	6.3
Armed Forces	136	0	352
Not in labor force	81,748	75,255	88,241

Females 16 years and over	137,614	136,342	138,886
In labor force	88,023	82,738	93,308
Civilian labor force	88,023	82,738	93,308
Employed	83,284	77,813	88,755

Own children under 6 years	33,497	31,423	35,571
All parents in family in labor force	19,050	15,776	22,324

Own children 6 to 17 years	81,371	78,914	83,828
All parents in family in labor force	53,246	47,712	58,780

Population 16 to 19 years	26,044	23,350	28,738
Not enrolled in school and not a H.S. graduate	853	175	1,531
Unemployed or not in the labor force	591	0	1,187

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	173,189	166,944	179,434
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	144,331	136,782	151,880
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	19,734	15,569	23,899
Public transportation (including taxicab)	2,584	1,406	3,762
Walked	555	114	996
Other means	1,642	584	2,700
Worked at home	4,343	2,883	5,803
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	29.9	28.7	31.1

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	178,261	171,943	184,579
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	75,772	70,942	80,602
Service occupations	21,968	17,962	25,974
Sales and office occupations	47,074	41,822	52,326
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	598	0	1,299
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	17,196	13,733	20,659
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,653	12,556	18,750

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	6,266	4,446	8,086
Construction	11,732	9,033	14,431
Manufacturing	20,260	17,077	23,443
Wholesale trade	8,305	5,616	10,995
Retail trade	20,923	17,461	24,385
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	9,713	7,134	12,292
Information	5,386	3,177	7,595
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	14,043	11,151	16,935
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	24,565	19,521	29,609
Educational, health, and social services	36,881	32,037	41,725
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services	8,023	6,017	10,029
Other services (except public administration)	6,694	4,765	8,623
Public administration	5,470	3,257	7,683

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	146,017	139,480	152,554
Government workers	21,088	17,006	25,170
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	10,740	7,930	13,550
Unpaid family workers	416	7	825

INCOME AND BENEFITS (IN 2001 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS)
Total households	114,777	112,574	116,980
Less than $10,000	8,750	6,546	10,954
$10,000 to $14,999	4,414	2,855	5,973
$15,000 to $24,999	7,614	5,712	9,516
$25,000 to $34,999	9,441	6,930	11,952
$35,000 to $49,999	15,610	12,658	18,562
$50,000 to $74,999	22,771	19,587	25,956
$75,000 to $99,999	17,829	14,909	20,750
$100,000 to $149,999	16,072	13,816	18,328
$150,000 to $199,999	6,944	5,080	8,809
$200,000 or more	5,332	3,776	6,888
Median household income (dollars)	61,275	58,762	63,788
Mean household income (dollars)	81,480	75,000	87,960

With earnings	102,714	100,036	105,392
Mean earnings (dollars)	82,280	75,678	88,882
With Social Security	15,766	14,057	17,475
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,789	10,213	13,365
With retirement income	11,137	9,070	13,204
Mean retirement income (dollars)	19,827	16,494	23,160

With public assistance income or noncash benefit(s)	12,548	9,995	15,101
With Supplemental Security Income	2,899	1,581	4,217
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	7,435	6,052	8,818
With cash public assistance income	471	1	941
Mean cash public assistance income (dollars)	1,164	154	2,174
With Food Stamp benefits in the past 12 months	2,393	1,248	3,538
With free or reduced price school meal benefits in the past 12 months	6,998	5,201	8,795

Families	94,232	91,543	96,922
Less than $10,000	4,289	2,454	6,124
$10,000 to $14,999	2,816	1,511	4,121
$15,000 to $24,999	5,874	4,138	7,610
$25,000 to $34,999	6,726	4,843	8,609
$35,000 to $49,999	12,826	10,072	15,580
$50,000 to $74,999	18,080	15,074	21,086
$75,000 to $99,999	17,156	14,351	19,961
$100,000 to $149,999	14,791	12,651	16,931
$150,000 to $199,999	6,605	4,805	8,405
$200,000 or more	5,069	3,559	6,579
Median family income (dollars)	70,425	67,123	73,727
Mean family income (dollars)	89,489	81,797	97,181

Per capita income (dollars)	26,074	24,274	27,874

Nonfamily households	20,545	18,222	22,868
Median nonfamily income (dollars)	31,261	24,173	38,349
Mean nonfamily income (dollars)	38,594	33,128	44,060

Median earnings (dollars):	30,443	28,691	32,195
Male full-time, year-round workers	46,813	42,614	51,012
Female full-time, year-round workers	31,678	30,167	33,189

NUMBER BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Families	7,832	5,614	10,050
With related children under 18 years	6,333	4,219	8,447
With related children under 5 years only	1,157	15	2,299

Families with female householder, no husband present	3,787	1,967	5,607
With related children under 18 years	3,365	1,614	5,116
With related children under 5 years only	611	0	1,563

Individuals	38,720	29,856	47,584
18 years and over	22,124	17,194	27,054
65 years and over	2,143	1,077	3,209
Related children under 18 years	16,596	11,704	21,488
Related children 5 to 17 years	11,991	8,295	15,687
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	6,525	4,588	8,462

PERCENT BELOW POVERTY IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Individuals	10.4	8.1	12.7
18 years and over	8.7	6.7	10.7
65 years and over	9.9	5.1	14.7
Related children under 18 years	14.0	9.9	18.1
Related children under 5 years	16.5	9.6	23.4
Related children 5 to 17 years	13.2	9.1	17.3
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	22.1	15.8	28.4

The 2001 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

Employment and unemployment estimates may vary from the official labor force data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of differences in survey design and data collection.

Industry categories adhere to the guidelines issued in Clarification Memorandum No. 2, "NAICS Alternate Aggregation Structure for Use By U. S. Statistical Agencies," issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

Free or reduced price school meal benefits figures only include households with children under 18 years.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.